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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Lonicera tatarica
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    DIPSACALES
 FAMILY:   CAPRIFOLIACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Lonicera tatarica
 AUTHORITY:  L.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    TARTARIAN HONEYSUCKLE
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: LOTA
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       THICKETS
     CULTURAL
       DEVELOPED LAND
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   BOONE           CASS            CHAMPAIGN       COLES           COOK
   DEKALB          DUPAGE          FULTON          HENRY           JO DAVIESS
   KANE            LAKE            LEE             MCHENRY         MCLEAN
   MACON           MASON           OGLE            PIATT           POPE
   PUTNAM          SANGAMON        SCHUYLER        STEPHENSON      WILL
   WINNEBAGO
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-woody
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:     Opposite
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Oblong     Oval
    INFLORESCENCE:   Other
    FLOWER MEROUS:  5
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Irregular
    FLOWER COLOR:   Red   White
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Epigynous
    FRUIT:   Berry
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Species is glabrous; leaves are subcordate at base; tubular corolla,
     paired axillary, white to pink; berries are red, rarely yellow.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Introduced-  Europe   Asia
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Occasional
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 POPULATION STATUS COMMENTS:
     Species occasionally escaped from cultivation in north, rare in south.
 
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Shrub
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      5         MONTH END-      6
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Perfect
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is distributed along roadsides, wood borders; in sunny areas.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     MAJOR DISPERSAL AGENTS:   BIRD   -internal
 
 
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  YES      AMOUNT:  High
     LANDSCAPING:  YES     AMOUNT:   High
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:
     FOOD VALUE:
         DEER VALUE:   -   Stems
         UPLAND GAME VALUE:  Unknown
         WATERFOWL VALUE:  Unknown
         SMALL NON-GAME BIRD VALUE:    Good   -   Fruit
         SMALL MAMMAL VALUE:   -   Stems
         AQUATIC MAMMAL VALUE:  Unknown
         FISH VALUE:  Unknown
     COVER VALUE:
         DEER:     No data     WATERFOWL:    No data   SMALL MAMMAL:    Good
         FISH:     No data     SMALL BIRD:    Good      UPLAND GAME:    No data
         AQUATIC MAMMAL: No data
 
 LIVESTOCK PALATABILITY DATA:  No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:
     EROSION CONTROL POTENTIAL:  Medium
     ESTABLISHMENT REQUIREMENTS:  Easy
     WEEDINESS:   COLONIZING
     SEED BANK:   High
 
 
 PROPAGATION COMMENTS:
         Species is easily established as 1-2 year seedlings.
 
 
 REFERENCES:
Mohlenbrock, R. H., ed.  1975.  Guide to the vascular flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.  494 pp.
Jones, G. N.  1963.  Flora of Illinois.  Third ed.  American Midland Naturalist
     Monograph 7.  University of Notre Dame, Indiana.  401 pp.
Steyermark, J. A.  1963.  Flora of Missouri.  Iowa State University Press, Ames.
     1725 pp.
Gleason, H. A., and A. Cronquist.  1963.  Manual of vascular plants of north-
     eastern United States and adjacent Canada.  Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.,
     New York.  810 pp.
Fernald, M. L.  1950.  Gray's manual of botany.  8th ed.  American Book Co.,
     New York.  1632 pp.
Swink, F., and G. S. Wilhelm.  1979.  Plants of the Chicago region.  Third ed.
     The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois.  922 pp.
Downton, W. J. S.  1975.  The occurrence of C4 photosynthesis among plants.
     Photosynthetica 9(1): 96-105.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Lonicera tatarica
 
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 ILPIN was developed by Louis Iverson*, with data compiled by David Ketzner and Jeanne Karnes
 Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820
     *currently employed by USDA Forest Service, 359 Main Rd., Delaware, OH 43015